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RR Lyrae Studies with Kepler

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Stellar Pulsations

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To date, about 40 known RR Lyrae stars are located in the Kepler field. The outstandingly high-precision data of these stars are investigated within the RR Lyrae working group as part of the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC). I present some of the most interesting results obtained with Kepler data of RR Lyrae stars, and their implications for our understanding of RR Lyrae stars and the still mysterious Blazhko effect.

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Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the entire Kepler team, whose outstanding efforts have made these results possible. KK acknowledges Marie Curie Fellowship 2009-IOF-255267.

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  1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambride, MA, 02138, USA

    Katrien Kolenberg

  2. Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-2001, Heverlee, Belgium

    Katrien Kolenberg

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  1. , CSIC, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Granada, 18080, Spain

    J.C. Suárez

  2. , CSIC, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Granada, 18080, Spain

    R. Garrido

  3. South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town, 7935, South Africa

    L. A. Balona

  4. Aarhus University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    J. Christensen-Dalsgaard

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Kolenberg, K., KASC WG13 (RR Lyrae working group). (2013). RR Lyrae Studies with Kepler . In: Suárez, J., Garrido, R., Balona, L., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J. (eds) Stellar Pulsations. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29630-7_22

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